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Azon
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azon azọn azɔn
English
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Alternative forms
en AZON
Etymology
From en azimuth az(imuth) en only on(ly).
Noun
en historical A gliding bomb of World War II whose azimuth could be adjusted via radio.
en 1999 Frederick A. Johnsen B-24 Liberator: Rugged But Right 77 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=D6ggoCDF2boC&q=%22azon%22%7C%22azons%22&dq=%22azon%22%7C%22azons%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y Three hundred Azon tail units arrived in the theater of operations early in July 1944; following a crash course in Azon, a technical team followed the fins overseas in August.
2012, Spencer Tucker, Almanac of American Military History, Volume 3: 1914-1949, page 1636,
The Azon (for Azimuth Only) was developed by the Allies contemporaneously with the German Fritz X.Azons were subsequently employed with some success against bridges on the Japanese-operated Burma Railway; 493 Azons destroyed 27 bridges, including the famous Kwai River bridge.
en 2012 Edward M. Young B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI 39 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=IpQpxO5u1_wC&pg=PA39&dq=%22azon%22%7C%22azons%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22azon%22%7C%22azons%22&f=false In the autumn of 1944 ten B-24s equipped for Azon bombing and ten trained crews joined the 7th BG.
Synonyms
en VB-1 Vertical Bomb 1 official designation
Anagrams
en anoz -zoan Zona onza zona